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Athletes say climate change impacting Labrador Winter Games
2+ day, 22+ min ago (1117+ words) Sherri Wolfrey has competed in the Labrador Winter Games for 10 times now " but this winter, she says extreme weather made training difficult. An experienced athlete training in her hometown of Rigolet, Nunatsiavut, she endured some weeks of temperatures plunging below…...
DIY mushroom-growing kits are a problem for Ontario forests
3+ day, 22+ min ago (1350+ words) Known as golden oyster, it's a 'shroom completely altering native fungi communities in North America. "Golden oysters will grow in an order of magnitude more than any other mushroom that you'd see. If you come up on a log with…...
$1M parcel of land boosts cattle farming research on the Prairies
2+ week, 3+ day ago (613+ words) We're trying out staff-written summaries. Did you find this useful? YesNo A Manitoba farming research non-profit will now have more space to let cattle roam and graze on prairie grasslands " and study how that grazing impacts biodiversity " through a partnership…...
No legal protections for rare slimleaf onion
4+ week, 2+ day ago (1202+ words) Michael Geselbracht was out for a Saturday run in Nanaimo, B.C., when he came across soil piled up in a special area he knew was part of a native Garry oak ecosystem." Slimleaf onion is a blue-listed species in B.C., designated of…...
A B.C. farmer bets on growing African foods
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (1199+ words) By Steph Kwet'sel'wet Wood Toyin Kayo-Ajayi's favourite meal is pounded yam, with cassava and egusi " protein-rich African melon seeds, roasted in oil with spices and blended into a paste (pumpkin seeds will do if that's all you can find). You…...
Ontario advances Wasaga Beach transfer
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (535+ words) The Ontario government is moving ahead with plans to transfer management of 60 per cent of Wasaga Beach from the province to the town, despite receiving feedback from thousands of Ontarians decrying the proposal as potentially endangering sensitive piping plover habitat…...
Woodfibre LNG failed to properly monitor salmon
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (428+ words) By Matt Simmons (Local Journalism Initiative Reporter) According to the records, Woodfibre LNG "failed to monitor for juvenile salmon during in-stream construction." In response, the assessment office issued a notice of non-compliance. No fines have been levied against the company…...
Canola, Carney and China
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (1041+ words) By Sharon J. Riley Canola is making headlines again. It became the centre of trade negotiations with China last year, when that country instituted 100 per cent tariffs on the crop in retaliation for Canadian tariffs on electric vehicles, instituted at the…...
Outdoor guides bear witness to a changing climate
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (1815+ words) Canadian outdoor guides, whose lives are dedicated to getting people out in nature, feel the impacts of climate change acutely. It makes sense: Canada is warming twice as fast as the global average " three times in the North." Melting ice,…...
‘A new reality’: B.C. glacier collapse forces guides to confront risks of rapidly melting world
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (1723+ words) When Anthony Mondia entered the common area of the Conrad Kain Hut in B.C.s Bugaboo'Park on Aug. 17, the expressions on the guides faces made it clear something was wrong. "They were in game mode," said Mondia, an accountant and avid…...